Some time ago (aka last month) it was announced that Spike Lee would be doing a movie about African-American soldiers in Italy during WWII. At the time it seemed like that project would come before Spike could work on a James Ellroy film, The Night Watchman. Well, something happened somewhere in Hollywood and the Ellroy … Continue reading
William Castle is having some kind of weird renaissance indeed. There’s been the almost annual rash of remakes of his films from Dark Castle Entertainment (they missed this year). Now producer Neal Moritz (the immortal mastermind behind XXX: State of the Union, Torque and S.W.A.T.) is putting together a redo of the Castle film The … Continue reading
I’m supposed to interview David Goyer on Sunday for Blade: Trinity (although that kind of stuff changes on a dime, so don’t quote me on it), but now there’s one question I don’t have to ask him: "How the fuck are you going to remake Soylent Green?" Even people who haven’t seen Soylent Green know … Continue reading
Recently I have come under some fire on our message boards and in my email for being a little negative about films in development. I have been told that I am angry, or bitter, or perhaps just a pretentious prick. While these are all good judgements of my character (please remember to include in future … Continue reading
What a difference a day or two makes. On Monday I interviewed Pierce Brosnan for this weekend’s After the Sunset, a heist movie. He briefly mentioned that he liked heist films, but when asked what he was doing next he said that he was looking for a job. No mention, you see, of The Topkapi … Continue reading
Into the breach goes Warner Bros, sending their mega-expensive adaptation of the beloved children’s book The Polar Express against the juggernaut that is Pixar’s The Incredibles. Of course this isn’t a blind shot – they do happen to have Tom Hanks in the film, in something like five roles. And he has reteamed with director … Continue reading
As the mysterious and dangerous man of action Dave Davis informed you last week (right here), there’s yet another Hannibal book coming out, and I ain’t talking A-Team or elephants. Thomas Harris is making a naked play for bucks by writing a prequel to all the current Lecter literature, and Dino DeLaurentiis, producer of King … Continue reading
Moriarity over at Aint It Cool News is saying that it’s official – Darren Aronofsky is off the Watchmen adaptation. I’m getting pretty good at taking loss in stride. It seems that the director is off the project because his The Fountain will conflict with getting the Alan Moore classic into theaters summer after next. … Continue reading
I hated the living shit out of the movie, but millions of Americans once again ignored my best advice and made the indie horror film Saw a surprise hit this weekend. Making 18 million dollars (and being the number one choice for moviegoers on Halloween), the movie "exceeded all our expectations," Lions Gate president Tom … Continue reading
It’s been so long friends, and I apologize for my long absence. But being on hiatus is a long honored part of television, so let’s just assume that this is the second season. We’ll soon have more columns with the usual news and snottiness, but let’s start with one all about what is easily the … Continue reading